"Laws that limit commercial speech must not be more extensive than necessary to serve a substantial government interest. The district court correctly determined that, though Arizona has a significant government interest in promoting traffic safety...
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"A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of
the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people
from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on
streets. U.S. District Judge...
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"Warning against the danger of faction in his famous Federalist Paper No.
10, James Madison sought to moderate the impact through the diffusion
of power amongst the three branches of the federal government as well as
between state and federal...
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"About a century and a half ago ... California set out to seal
its borders against unwelcome arrivals. As today, the state’s
immigration code met legal challenges, and the resulting Supreme Court
decision helped firmly establish federal...
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"Karen Tumlin, managing attorney with NILC, said
HB497 would be unconstitutional because it would require a person to
wait while local police verified legal status — even after the original
reason for a stop had been resolved by either...
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"Arizona’s cold-blooded immigration statute was enacted in 2010 to bring about “attrition through enforcement”
— to make life so harsh for undocumented immigrants that they would be
driven out of the state. It invites...
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"One of federalism’s core virtues is the
possibility of competition among states. Competition in this context is
likely to vindicate pro-immigrant policies. We should hold our noses and hope the Supreme Court lets S.B. 1070 stand, so we...
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"Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
on Tuesday ordered the redistribution of materials to train police to
enforce the state's tough immigration crackdown, in a sign that she
expects the Supreme Court to endorse the measure in coming days. .....
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"The question before the Court is whether federal law preempts and renders invalid four separate provisions of the state law. ... The issue is whether, under pre­emption principles, federal law permits Arizona to imple­ment the state-law...
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A new chapter in civil disobedience is being written, rooted in resistance to Arizona's SB 1070 and similar state laws.
Links:
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"It did not take long for Justice Antonin Scalia to side with
Arizona, and it was not much later that Chief Justice John G. Roberts,
Jr., showed that he, too, was inclined that way. Justice Clarence
Thomas, who said nothing during the argument...
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"A federal judge has set the stage for a new
challenge to Arizona’s immigration law if the U.S. Supreme Court
rejects the one it has before it now. In a 20-page ruling , U.S.
District Court Judge Susan Bolton said that various Arizona...
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"Arizona’s sweeping anti-illegal-immigration law suffered another blow Monday when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with day laborers looking for work in the state. A three-judge appellate panel unanimously upheld a lower court injunction...
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